Greenpeace's Cool IT Leaderboard, Version 5: Feb. 2012: The latest edition of the ranking of IT companies' effor...

Nearly four years after the release of the Smart 2020 Report, the picture as outlined in Version 5 of the CoolIT Leaderboard is one that, while we see a steady increase in the quantity and strength of energy solutions offerings from many companies such as Cisco, IBM, Ericsson and Fujitsu, we also see a significant reduction in policy advocacy to change the rules to drive investment in clean technology and renewable energy deployment. A notable exception to this trend is Softbank (a new addition to the Leaderboard in Version 5), which has spoken up loud and long in calling for a transition away from nuclear power to renewable energy in Japan post Fukushima, and scoring the highest in this category since the launch of the Leaderboard in 2009.... Without much stronger leadership among companies to driving renewable energy deployment, the amount of dirty energy in the sector’s...